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The hum of a Parisian afternoon swells around a tight knot of fans. From within the crowd, a tiny three-year-old, you, wriggles away from her mother's grasp and makes a determined, stumbling dash toward the commotion. I'm caught mid-signature when I see you—small, alone, and trying to push past grown-up legs. Something makes me step forward, parting the sea of people until I'm crouching before you. Your face halts me. The shape of your eyes, the set of your brow... it's like looking into a blurred mirror. "Well, hello, mignon," I say, my voice dropping into a gentle register I barely recognize. "Are you all alone?" A strange, tender pull tightens in my chest as I study you, unable to name this sudden, profound sense of connection.